Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-21
THE SUNDAY REGISTER.
An Outline Of the Contents of the Local
Department.

An Outline of the Contents of the Local
Department.
POLICE.-Blanche st. Clair, an inmate
of Maggie Conroy's sporting house, No. us
Seventeenth street, arrested at the Opera
House at the request Of Chief of Police
Lingo, OF Columbus, and locked up at
headquarters pending the arrival of the
Columbus officials. The arrest was made
at the request of the girls parents.
"A we'll dressed stranger, with a variety
of names, was arrested by Officer Jack
West on complaint of /. &. Dillon, whose
statement OF his experiences with the
man warranted his being taken into Gus
tody on suspicion. The prisoner stated
that his real name was w. II. Whitelslcy,
and said he was q trapeze performer, on
his way To join Barnum's Circus, in New
York. He had two or three diamonds and
six solid gold watch chains in his posses
siOns. He was locked up pending an in
v~estigatiOn.
LABoR.-The Etna mill trouble set
tied amicably, and the men announce
luCu mlllllAuCS W u W AAlAS
morning .-The Wheeling Mining and
Manufacturing Company signs the Fede-
rated scale for mining, advancing the price
to seventy-five cents per ton. The new
scale goes into effect May lst.
CAsUALTIEs:-G. w. Richie, aged 10,
of West Alexander, attempted tn jump
from a b. & .. train on Seventeenth street,
but fell beneath the wheels, and had his
left leg mashed and two toes cut off his
right foot. He died at Cos Saturday even
ing.-JOhn Quinn, well known in this
city, and at one time q foreman OF the b.
4 o., killed at Kansas Cty.-James
ROOdy, a guard at the penitentiary, seri-
ously hurt by being struch on the head by
a refractory convict. Bad freight wreck
at Pennington. An unknown man re-
ported hurt.
OBITUARY:-Holliday Post, No. II, q.
A. H., and Battery ID, meet and make ar
rangement to attend the funeral Of the
late Capt. Carlin. Similar meetings held
by the q. 4. Il. Posts of Bellaire, Bridge
port and Martins Ferry.
MUSICAL AND Observation-Disclosures
announcements Of the coming Of COrinne
with pOrtrait), Frank Mayo in "NOrdeCk, y
and the Stetson Dramatic COmpany.-Re-
view of the concert OF the Ladies' Quartette
Club. Notices of Prof. Armstrong; COM
ing concert, and also OF a large number of
other musical events.
SOCIETY:-Thc mid-Lent season carful-
" and fully reviewed. Elaborate diSCrip-
ton of domino whist, as played at Mrs.
Parsons during the past week.
SPORTING:-A large crowd at the Jack
King-Bilson Jack match, at the Grand
Central Rink. The affair decided a draw
after six rounds. Mayor Seabright twice
compelled to interfere, to put a stop to
slugging. Kings right thumb broken
Burkett wins the race with Hanke, at the
Alhambra rink.-Base ball notes of ill.,
terest.
MISCELLANEOUS:-Besides what is above
enumerated, there was a large amount of
miscellaneous local news, the issue being a
very readable one.
REAL EsTATE:-The old Smith brewery
property bid up to $34,7 $50 by a Pittsburg
gentleman, whose name could not he AS
certained. The sale postponed Trans
fers made by w. p. Hubbard and h. h.
D~oyener, special commissioners, to George
KitsOn, for a piece Of ground in Fulton
Isl, 200; and by II. c. Caldwell, to Bar
bara Z. Jackson, for the south hall of lot
No. 3 in square No. Il, in Caldwells adj
ditiOn 5000.